Home Business Quick Start

“Tips On How To Secretly Create An Online
Income Stream While Working 9-5 – And Go Full Time Before You Know It!”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Key Concepts
Behind This Book

Working
Part Time With A Full Time Mentality

The Art Of Building Assets Online

Investing Into Your Assets Through Outsourcing

Chapter 3: Monetizing
Your Core Competencies

Monetizing Your Writing
Skills

Monetizing Your Graphics
Designing Skills

Monetizing Your Graphics
Designing Skills

Analyzing Statistics

Programming

Networking

Chapter 4: Choosing The Right Models

Blogging

Affiliate Marketing

Online Network Marketing

Niche Marketing

Freelance Services

Internet Marketing

Chapter 5: Work 4 Hours A Day And Retire In 6 Months

Think long term

Build your business around
your interests

Invest your salary into your
business

Putting up with negative
people

Chapter 6: Recommended Resources For Fast Startup

Ready Niche Business

Resell Rights Mastery

Private Label Rights
Products

SEO Services

Graphics Design

List Building Tools

Chapter 7: Summary

To your success

“Tips On How To Secretly Create An Online Income
Stream While Working 9-5 – And Go Full Time Before You Know It!”

Chapter 1: Introduction

Welcome to Fire Your
Boss And Join The Internet Marketing Revolution!

Most people would like
to start a home business. They like the freedom of being able to work whenever
they want to or wherever they want to. However, it is not easy to get there
because many of them are stuck in a rut!

They feel that they are
controlled by their bosses. They feel that it would take too much time.

Some of them even whine
that they are too tired to do anything the moment they reach home!

Whatever your excuses
may be, you will most probably find the solution in this book (or at least,
know what it takes to get started). The fact that you are able to pick up this
book and read it shows your initiative and you should congratulate yourself for
taking the first step!

The Internet is a place
that is filled with endless possibilities. It is very easy to find a business
model that makes money for anyone as long as they put in the effort to learn
and work hard.

All that it takes is
that you believe in yourself and believe that you will be able to free yourself
from the shackles of your 9-5 job and you will be able to find the means to
achieve it.

After all, if you want
something badly enough, you will go all out and find the means to achieve your
goals.

Alright! Let’s get
started immediately!

Chapter 2: Key
Concepts behind This Book

In this book, you
will learn all about the following:

• The
type of mentality one must adopt if they ever want to break out from the rat
race!
• How
to turn your skills into your greatest assets!
• How
to pick a business model and apply your skills to it!
• How
to invest merely 4 hours a day and be able to quit your job or fire your boss…
within 6 months!
Lots of resources to get you started
IMMEDIATELY!

Working Part Time with A Full Time
Mentality

One of the biggest
reasons why people fail at Internet marketing (or fail to break out of their
rat race) is because of a flawed mindset towards Internet marketing.

Yes, it is true that
you have to spend the remainder of the hours you have left after work to work
on your business part time. But that does NOT mean that you will adopt a part
time or half-hearted mentality towards your business.

Imagine this
analogy…

Let’s assume that an
airplane takes off at 150MPH. You will need to ‘drive’ at a certain speed
before the plane develops enough speed to take off. Do you think the plane will
be able to fly itself off the ground if you are only traveling at a 100MPH? Of
course not! It will not take off even if you are flying at 140MPH!

Internet marketing is
just like this. You will need to work at a certain momentum before you:

• Develop the necessary knowledge to build your
business (you can’t really ‘drive’ far if you are constantly locked in 2nd gear).

• You
need to show others that you are committed enough before they are ready to do a
joint venture with you (after all, no one wants to JV with a half-hearted
marketer – especially if they know that you are not constantly available).

• You
need to build your reputation strong enough because it will lessen your
promotion work – the speed of trust between you and your customers is very
crucial.

The Art of Building Assets Online

When you are building
your business online, you must be able to build assets if you want to quit your
job. Allow me to explain:

A 9-5 job is only short
term income. It can be a lot or a little, but fundamentally it is still short
term… Why? Because the moment you stop working, you stop making money
immediately!

Your boss may tolerate
your laziness for a few days but if you don’t put in the hours, you will never
get anymore pay whether it is weekly, daily or monthly pay!

If you keep on
trading time for money, you will never be free from your job!

Online assets are
different. Here are a few principles that you can apply to your online mentality:

• Leveraging
on the Internet: You can draw in traffic from search engines or viral
marketing.

• Leveraging
on other Internet marketers. You do not need to build a mailing list if you
have created a fantastic product that will keep customers buying and affiliates
selling over and over again.

• Leveraging
on your mailing list.The money is definitely in the list. It takes
15-30 minutes to write a proper E-mail to your mailing list. The great thing
about E-mail marketing is you will take the same time to mail your list
regardless if your list has 100 people or 100,000 people

• Leveraging
on your reputation online: A blogger may start with no RSS subscribers, but
the more you blog and the more you network, you will be blogging for the same
effort but with more people reading your blog (and you will be able to monetize
from the traffic!)

• Leveraging
on outsourced work. If you are making good money, you will be able to
outsource your work to other people and spend more time on marketing your
products (hence, making more money!)

Take a look at this
graph for example:

Let’s take a look at
a typical Internet Marketer…

The blue line is your
9-5 job. You may get increments and bonuses (hence the rising graph and your
salary will most definitely exceed your online income in the first few months,
but after awhile, when your online assets start generating residual income, you
will be able to quit your job once you have all the elements in place.

Investing Into Your Assets through
Outsourcing

Not everyone can do
everything at once. Even if you are proficient at all the tasks (albeit a
master of none…), you will still need to outsource from time to time as the
need to create more and more assets should NOT be limited by your time alone
but by creating more through leveraging on other people’s time.

Remember this
principle; the sum of the whole is more than the parts combined.

You may outsource
certain tasks like writing, graphics or SEO services, but ultimately you must
develop a goal (using a proven business model) that will piece everything
together and synergize.

In the next chapter,
we will explore a little on core competencies which is also related to
outsourcing in general.

Chapter 3:
Monetizing Your Core Competencies

The best way to start
your business off the right foot is to examine yourself and see what your best
skills are. Here is a list of which business model you are able to excel with:

• Writing

• Graphics Design

• Statistics

• Programming

• Networking

Monetizing Your Writing Skills

A writer is always in
demand amongst Internet marketing circles. You will be able to monetize in the
areas of ghostwriting, copywriting, blogging, article writing, newsletter
publishing and content creation.

Contrary to what some
people may assume, creating a written product is one of the most daunting tasks
a person can undertake. Unless you have a flair for writing, nobody in their
right mind will mass produce E-books (unless they are willing to make huge
sacrifices for their financial goals).

Writers are also a
great asset when it comes to product launches in Internet marketing. You will
be able to find joint venture partners easily if you are willing to contribute
your writing skills to the areas of writing sales letters, E-courses, and promo
E-mails.

Recommended
Resources

Monetizing Your Graphics Designing Skills

Graphic designers are
also very important within the Internet marketing niche. A graphic designer can
easily earn a hundred dollars for good quality E-covers, blog banners and site
graphics.

You can even sell the
Photoshop PSD file by giving away the rights for someone to rebrand them on
their own sites.

One of the reasons why
a graphic designer (or artist) is always in demand is because graphics tend to
sell themselves.

People DO judge a book
by its cover and it is very important to tap into this psychological factor. It
can make the difference between getting a sale and NOT getting a sale.

If You Want More
Information on How To Monetize Graphics Then Get The Latest News

Analyzing Statistics

As surprising as it may
sound, making money online is all about analyzing statistics. You can learn a
lot from analyzing data such as your click through rates (how many people click
on your links or your ads), your impressions (how times you page or ads are
loaded) and your conversion rates – how much money you make each time someone
visits your website!

You will be able to
track your statistics properly using the following tools – Google Analytics and Statcounter . Sign up here for a free account and instructions on how
to use these tools.

Programming

If you are good at
programming, you will be able to excel when it comes to installing scripts like
The butterfly marketing script
, JV Manager
and many others that require technical skills.

HTML and PHP skills
also come in handy when it comes to blogging and other web based software.

Networking

This skill is quite
valuable when it comes to finding JV partners and outsourcing.

Just like in the real
world, networking is also equally important when it comes to building
friendships and getting people to promote your products.

If you want to excel in
Internet marketing, you must not sit in front of your computer without talking
to anyone. A person who is good at networking offline is also able to do the
same online – it is just that the medium that is used is different (using MSN
or SKYPE or Yahoo! Messenger).

You can also go to
World Internet Summits (WIS) or other Internet marketing conventions to touch
base with other marketers and speakers.

Recommended Resources

This Is The Most Popular Forum On The Internet When It
Comes To Internet Marketing. Get To Know Lots Of People And Build
Networks/Relationships at The Warrior Forum!

Chapter 4: Choosing the Right Models

Here are some tips
on what opportunities may be suitable for you and how you can strategize your
way to build your income online so that you will be able to quit your job.

Blogging

Blogging is one of the
easiest models that someone can attempt. Almost anyone can become a blogger.
Even those who can’t write (picture blogs).

Strengths:
You can blog about anything you want! Focus on your passion and share your
thoughts with the world. If you have great content, people will come to your
blog and you can monetize through advertising or affiliate programs. The
startup cost is only $9 and it costs about $5 a month to maintain this business
model (You only pay for the domain name and monthly hosting respectively.) You can even register some
blogs for free!

Weaknesses: It
may take a long time to build up traffic –an average person who blogs
regularly but slowly may quit his or her job within one to two years. If you
want to achieve freedom in half the time, you have to blog and network with
other bloggers more aggressively.

Opportunities:
You may not be able to see yourself making money at the start, but to offset
that, you can blog for others (for a fee) or even sign up for PAY PER POST and get paid for
blogging!

Threats:
There is a blog born or created every TWO SECONDS. So you can imagine
how much competition you are going up against!

Suggested Course
Of Action: Register a personal domain name
now! This is very important because the most
important person in the world is YOU and getting a domain after your own name
is the most important thing you must do. Then you can start blogging about
yourself.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is
one of the most lucrative models on the Internet. You can promote other
people’s product and get commissions for your efforts without seeing a single
customer or talking to anyone.

Strengths:
You don’t even need a domain name or a website in some cases. You can earn huge
commissions from up to 50% to even 100% commissions! You don’t need to focus on
creating products – just drive traffic to the merchant site and watch your
income roll in (if you do it right of course).

Weaknesses:
You will need to search for a good affiliate program and build up traffic in
order to see results.

Opportunities: There are unlimited opportunities because
there are always new products coming out each day and affiliates are needed
everywhere!

Threats:
You are competing against THOUSANDS of affiliates out there and those
affiliates are your competitors. Some programs even offer two-tier programs and
established affiliates probably have dozens of affiliates under them as well.

Online Network Marketing

If network marketing is
your cup of tea, then you must learn to explore new opportunities by promoting
network marketing programs on the Internet.

Strengths:
Similar to affiliate marketing, you don’t need to see anybody and promote your
programs online. You have the entire world’s Internet users as your prospects
for your downline groups.

Weaknesses:
Building a network marketing business online is prone to being impersonal. Make
sure you do not adopt a ‘build and burn’ mentality.

Opportunities: You
can easily recruit more people online compared to doing something offline
(where you are limited by time and space)

Threats:
Globalization – downlines are not as loyal as they used to be due to the
abundance of opportunities available on the Internet.

Suggested Course
Of Action: Sign up for a network
marketing prospecting system that will help you to generate lots of fresh
leads while making money at the same time.

Niche Marketing

Niche marketing is a
term people use to refer to niches that people can target to make money online
without focusing on ‘business opportunity’ or ‘make money’ niches (like
Internet marketing or network marketing).

It targets niches such
as self-improvement, dog training, gaming, movies or other things that do not
fall into the category of money making niches.

Strengths:
You can focus on your passion and become an expert in it. Let’s say you are an
expert at mountain biking, then talk all about it and monetize from this niche
alone.

Weaknesses:
You have to be plan everything and make sure your traffic is quite targeted and
an expert at it. Different niches yield different results.

Opportunities: Niche
marketing opportunities are ENDLESS. All you need to do is find a niche you can
excel in that nobody else is targeting (of course, this is very rare but a lot
of niches are not that congested).

Threats: An
untapped niche is rare – so most people go for rarer sub-niches

Suggested Course
Of Action: Do a search on Google for “YOUR NICHE” FORUM
(Example: if you are targeting the gaming niche, type in “gaming forum”) this
will be your market!

Freelance Services

The fastest way to make
money online – offer your services as a freelancer based on your core
competencies and earn money immediately by cashing in on your expertise!

Strengths:
Fast and good money if you have the right clientele. In fact, this is one of
the fastest ways to quit your full time job – just become a freelancer and be
the boss of your own time!

Weaknesses:
You need to have a skill and market your services. You have to build up your
clientele as well and have them recommend more business to you.

Opportunities: Writers,
graphic designers and other talents are in demand especially on the Internet.

Threats:
You are competing against other freelancers, many of them sell their services
TOO CHEAP!

Internet Marketing

The most popular niche
online – mostly related to teaching others how to make money online or business
opportunity niches.

Strengths: There
is a huge hungry market here looking to find the holy grail of making money
online. If you have a product that can help them to make money, save money,
save time, save effort or generally run their business for them, then you have
a huge market here.

Weaknesses:
This is one niche that you must make sure you produce results for your
prospects. Don’t be a hypocrite by telling others you can teach them to make
money online but you haven’t made a single cent!

Opportunities: There
are lots of niches like resell rights, private label rights, product creation,
search engine optimization and many more – you just need to find which market
you are more comfortable with.

Threats:
This is the MOST COMPETITIVE niche online – everyone is fighting for the same
pie – but people are also willing to buy…

Suggested Course
Of Action: Go to Make Your Living Online and learn all about
it.

Chapter 5: Work 4
Hours A Day and Retire In 6 Months

Now that you have
discovered a few business models you can work with, you must get started
immediately! Take action right now!

Here are a few tips
that will assist you and help you to achieve your goals within 6 months!

Think long term

Do not just think of
earning ‘enough’. You need to think long term and build a business that is
sustainable.

It is like shooting for
the stars. If you shoot for the stars, you might not be able to clear the
skies, but at least, you will be able to cross the fence.

If you aim too low or
too short term, you will fail easily because more than often, we usually don’t
usually accomplish our goals to our expectations.

Build your business around your interests

In some business models
like blogging, you must be passionate about what you are doing.

If you do not build
your business around your interests, people will be able to sense it. It would
look ‘fake’ and you will not be able to sustain your interests. Before long,
you will be thinking about giving up.

If your business if
focused on your interests, you will not feel as though you are taking another
job. After all, having ONE job is already bad enough. We want to FREE ourselves
from our job, not get another one.

Invest your salary into your business

Certain business models
require you to make some investments. Like outsourcing, buying domain names,
paid traffic and others. Do not believe the myth that it doesn’t cost money to
build a business online – it is inexpensive but NOT free.

The advantage of having
a job is that you can invest some of your salary to get things done. After all
you only have 4 hours and the weekends to build your business. You must learn
to invest your time AND money wisely to achieve maximum results.

Putting up with negative people

The idea of making
money online is a foreign concept to many people. If you tell them that you
want to quit your job within 6 months, they will look at you with a strange
look in their eyes.

In some cases, they
will try and discourage you, so you must have very clear goals otherwise; you
will never be able to quit your job within 6 months (or in some cases – 2
years). You don’t want people to laugh at you if you don’t reach your 6 month
goal so you must succeed AT ALL COSTS!

Chapter 6:
Recommended Resources

Life
Domains - Before you
can start your first website, you need to register a domain. You can register
one at Life Domains for under $10, and they have a very helpful control panel
for managing your domain.HostGator
Web Hosting - In
order for your website to be on the internet, you need a web host. It is very
important to have a good host, and I recommend this one. Use my coupon code to
get a discount: ERICSTIPSCOUPONAweber - Building a contact list is
essential to your success as an online marketer. I use Aweber to manage my
list, because they are the best company with the most reliable service, and
highest deliverability rates.Web
Hosting Secret - This
is a free report to show you how to get set up with your own website.The Socrates Theme - This is a great WordPress theme that enables you to
set up a website in a matter of minutes with built-in monetization.Affiliate
Prophet - This is my
favorite split-testing and conversion tracking software. I love that it gives
me results with a minimal amount of traffic, so I can make quick adjustments and
maximize my profits.Clickbank - Earn sales commissions of up to 75%
by linking customers directly to your choice of over 10,000 digital products.PayDotCom
- A good affiliate program provider to integrate with Paypal.XSitePro 2 - XSitePro is my recommended website
design software, particularly for newbies.

Chapter 7:
Summary

The most important
thing you must remember is to break through your mental barriers. The only
thing that is holding us back is ourselves.

I told my friend to go
and start a site. He told me that it is a great idea and he will start it
SOMEDAY (while saying that his job stinks!)

He never took action,
and today he is still stuck in his rut saying that ‘someday’ he will start his
site…

Be serious about your
dreams and your goals.

Treat Your Internet
Business As A Real Business And You Will Be Able To Fire Your Boss IN NO TIME!